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\n History of Rome’s Colosseum\n <\/p>\n
\n Overview of the Colosseum, Rome.\n <\/p>\n
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Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail \u00a9 Sborisov\/Dreamstime.com<\/p>\n
Overview of the Colosseum, Rome.<\/p>\n
Time-lapse video of Rome. <\/p>\n
Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Yale University Art Gallery (2005.131.165)<\/p>\n
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Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail \u00a9 Markzeta\/Dreamstime.com<\/p>\n
Learn how the tactics and discipline of the Roman army enabled the Roman Empire to expand and endure.<\/p>\n
Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail \u00a9 Abxyz\/Dreamstime.com<\/p>\n
Overview of the founding of Rome, including a discussion of Romulus and Remus.<\/p>\n
Learn about the infrastructure of imperial Rome, particularly Roman masonry.<\/p>\n
Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n
Learn about the Appian Way, the first great Roman road, parts of which can still be seen.<\/p>\n
Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n
What were Russell Crowe and Paul Mescal getting themselves into?<\/p>\n
Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc.<\/p>\n
Remains of Rome’s Colosseum and the Roman Forum and the still-traveled Appian Way.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tThe Colosseum in Rome – it was the largest amphitheatre in the ancient world, and is still a prominent landmark in the Italian capital. <\/p>\n
The construction of the Colosseum is said to have begun around the year 70 A.D. At the time, amphitheatres were built against hillsides to ensure stability. In Rome, they set to building the first free-standing amphitheatre. The nearly 50-meter-high and over 180-meter-long complex held around 50,000 spectators. <\/p>\n
The best seats were reserved for senators and guests of honor. Nonetheless, every Roman citizen could attend events here for free, for the Colosseum had a political function as well. Under the arena there were gladiator schools, animal cages and storage chambers, all connected by a network of corridors, secret passageways and trap doors. Audiences could enter the Colosseum through 80 entrances, making walks to the seats short. The program included everything from early morning venationes, or animal hunts, to gladiator fights. But there are also records of executions performed here. For over 400 years fights, bloodbaths and death were normal here. Just how many people actually died here is still a matter of conjecture. All we know is that it was no small number.<\/p>\n
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